What are you wearing today??

[Two Types]

we (artistic natured types) tend to start out trying to push the envelope, only to later discover how conservative our taste actually is.

So conservative that you just can't get past 1924 (or whenever).

That suit looks splendid. Best yet? It actually looks sharply modern. Your reference points are at such a point that I think, to the modern eye, there is no reference - so it looks modern. Well done.

And the shirt works on you. The real success of the shirt will be if it manages to make me think about wearing contrasting collars. I've thought long and hard and I'm still too stuck on 'mid-1980s politician' to dare wearing one.

 

[herringbonekid]

That suit looks splendid. Best yet? It actually looks sharply modern. Your reference points are at such a point that I think, to the modern eye, there is no reference - so it looks modern. Well done.

thanks.
i don't think i could pick a 'best' out of the last 6 or so suits i've made, and i'm not really inclined to.

yes, that's the paradox of the early 20s styles; they're earlier than the 30s-40s but probably appear more 'modern' due to the narrower legs and unpadded shoulders.


p.s. more shots of the suit here: http://laurencejohn.blogspot.co.uk/

 

[Claudio]

lovely suit there HBK. IMpressive work. If I need to knitpick it would be the choice of tie (dark grey/black?) with the blue gingham check.

I usually 'balance' the white collar with white cuffs as looks 'incomplete' with just the collar being contrasting, but that's just a personal choice.

 

[Fastuni]

I usually 'balance' the white collar with white cuffs as looks 'incomplete' with just the collar being contrasting, but that's just a personal choice.

HBK mentioned before that he wanted white cuffs, but Luxire made a mistake here.

 

[herringbonekid]

lovely suit there HBK. IMpressive work. If I need to knitpick it would be the choice of tie (dark grey/black?) with the blue gingham check.

the check is black but appears blue in the photos. to be honest, i'm dying to find / make a shirt that is better suited to this outfit. the Luxire shirt is the only early 20s collar style shirt i currently have which is why i wore it for that photo, though i agree it's not the perfect pairing.

 

[Don Pelon]

This is me at the Great Gatsby Summer Afternoon in Oakland, CA. I posted a lot more photos in the Steamer Trunk Section of the Lounge (http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?79025-Great-Gatsby-Summer-Afternoon-2014). It was Damn Hot out there in the sun, but an incredible collection of vintage cars from the 20s-40s. I wore an undated (I think it's modern) Linen suit, that was once dirty and grey. I cleaned it with some Oxyclean and it came out bone white. I then dyed it cream and tried my best to look like J.J. Gittes in the opening of Chinatown...



Twas a Grand time had by all...

 

[TSP13]

I've been trying to get a similar outfit together for a year now. You just gave me all the motivation I need. Is that a tab collar, and where did you find the shirt, or is it luxire?

 

[herringbonekid]

I've been trying to get a similar outfit together for a year now. You just gave me all the motivation I need. Is that a tab collar, and where did you find the shirt, or is it luxire?

thanks. yes, it's a Luxire tab collar. more info in this thread: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...-us-your-LUXIRE-vintage-looking-shirts/page28

 

[Luftwaffles]

Who says black suits can't look good?

 

[HamilcarBarca3]

Today I wear this. A 40s? four button jacket.

 

[dh66]

Great jacket HB3!!

 

[Claudio]

Fatsuni - missed that bt, sorry

HBK - of course it is, sorry immediatly looked blue but see now that it is black. Maybe the small dots with small check is what is 'not right' but again, knitpicking.

 

[1mach1]

HB3, that is a sweet jacket. Great look!

 

[Luftwaffles]

Breaking out the Swiss sweater and some US Army glove liners


EDIT: Also brought out my new (vintage) Woolrich jacket c:

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Excuse the poor quality of this picture; it was taken on a phone. All 30s-40s, shirt by Luxire. Jacket is an NRA sportcoat; very simple, nice peaked lapels, but fits me better than any other jacket I own and is absolutely, positively mint condition, so I want to try to wear it more often. Just mixing some shades of blue with the black here.

I wore this to school today, by the way. To quote Toht from Indiana Jones: "You Americans, always dressing for the wrong occasion." (or, something like that.)

 

[Patrick Hall]

Nice, simple look HS. I like the restraint in terms of pattern here. Makes for a pleasingly quiet combination. Are those trousers white or gray?

 

[Hyena Stomp]

Nice, simple look HS. I like the restraint in terms of pattern here. Makes for a pleasingly quiet combination. Are those trousers white or gray?

Thanks! The pants are actually a very light blue, with flecks in them that match the shade of the shirt. Almost impossible to see in that photo!

 

[Two Types]

HS: Is there a pattern in the shirt fabric?

 

[Hyena Stomp]

HS: Is there a pattern in the shirt fabric?

Mhm, it's this fabric: http://luxire.com/products/pale_indigo_printed_wabash

 

[1mach1]

Luftwaffles, details on the hat?

Hyena Stomp, great look! I like the spear point shirt!